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2018-02-14 - Department head Martin Gruebele, the James R. Eiszner Endowed Chair in Chemistry, has received a 2018 TREE award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA).

2018-02-12 - In 1990, students and friends of Illinois chemistry professor and alumnus Harold R. Snyder (BS, ’31) established a fund in his memory to support a summer research program for undergraduates interested in organic chemistry.

2018-02-09 - A new state-of-the art hub for theoretical chemists at Illinois has been completed. The Center for Theoretical Chemistry modernizes space in Noyes Lab. “Bringing theoretical chemists together in one unified space is the key to the whole project,” said Benjamin McCall, professor of chemistry and astronomy and associate head of major projects for the Department of Chemistry. The Center can...

2018-02-08 - Illinois chemistry alumnus Dale C. Blomstrom (PhD, '53) passed away on August 3, 2017, in Wilmington, Delaware.

2018-02-07 - Professor Paul Braun, Director of the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Lab (MRL) will be adding Materials Research Society (MRS) Fellow to his list of accolades.   Read more >>  

2018-01-08 - Paul J. Hergenrother wins the George & Christine Sosnovsky Award for Cancer Research. Read more>>

2018-02-05 - Jonathan Sweedler receives an American Diabetes Association Pathway Visionary Award for his research project titled "Unraveling Diabetes Progression a Cell at a Time."

2018-02-02 - Dr. Jinwoo Cheon is a Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement Recipient. Read more>>

2018-01-26 - Jeffrey S. Moore, a professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been named a Stanley O. Ikenberry Endowed Chair. Martin Gruebele, Head of the Department of Chemistry said, "This is a well-deserved campus-wide honor!"...

2017-12-08 - He was the inventor of an anti-cancer drug. Ted Taylor was on the faculty in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois in the early 1950's. He went on to spend the rest of his career on the faculty at Princeton University. Ned Taylor, Ted's son, remarked "My Dad was everybody's friend. He had a great life. He never gave up learning. He went to his regular German class two weeks...

2017-12-07 - A "snowman" is ignited while two people juggle flaming "snowballs". A silver mirror appears inside a large glass flask. Is it magic, or is it chemistry? It's ... chemistry! If you want to see why, don't miss the Holiday Magic Show at the University of Illinois chemistry department this December. Produced by chemistry teaching faculty and students, the show demonstrates many principles of...

2017-12-05 -   Timothy Fan and Paul Hergenrother have created PAC-1, a new drug to combat brain cancer.   Read more>>

2017-11-16 - Yi Lu, the Jay and Ann Schenck Professor of Chemistry is one of five Illinois researchers who rank among world's most influential. Read More >>

2017-09-12 - Wilfred van der Donk believes universities will lead the fight against bacterial resistance to drugs. Read More>>    

2017-09-27 - With help from an endowed chairship, Paul Hergenrother is improving antibiotics. Read More>>